Fiji, Oct. 8 -- Azerbaijan has called for the voices of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to play a greater role in shaping global climate policy, saying countries least responsible for emissions are bearing some of the worst impacts of the climate crisis.

Addressing Pacific leaders at the Pacific Pre-COP31 plenary in Denarau, President Ilham Aliyev said climate change was an existential threat for some island states and required stronger international cooperation.

"No region on the earth is spared from the consequences of climate change, but for some of them like Tuvalu it presents an existential threat," Aliyev said.

He said SIDS were among the most exposed to climate change despite their negligible contribution to global greenho...